Getting Started

with niman

Before we begin, a little more on Node for context—unlike iTunes or Photoshop, you won’t be able to launch Node from your dock or taskbar. You will be using command line instructions via a tool such as Terminal or Windows Command Prompt. If you don’t have Node.js and/or npm installed on your machine, do the following for your respective OS.

Mac

Go to nodejs.org, click ‘install’, and run through the install process.

Ubuntu

Run the following on your command line to install the source for nodejs

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo -E bash -

Then, run this to get the latest nodejs package

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Windows

Go ahead the download the Windows binary and make sure to restart your computer.

Test It!

node -v

To see if Node is installed, type the above on your command line.

npm -v

To see if npm is installed, type the above on your command line.

Installing niman

npm install -g niman

To add this npm package to your local machine, type the above into your command line. You’ll notice a node_modules directory appear in your root where the package is now installed.